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Helen Raleigh, To understand what Blaine Amendment is and its’ impact on school choice, we first need to turn back the time. The 19th century saw a large of influx of Irish immigrants to the U.S.. The city of Boston was called the “Dublin of America,” because one in every three people living there was Irish. These

Donald Trump’s pick of H.R. McMaster for national security adviser puts a key job in the hands of a decorated officer with a record for speaking his mind, reassuring administration critics who’ve been increasingly vocal about their differences with the U.S. president. Trump on Monday selected the Army lieutenant general to replace Michael Flynn, who resigned

John Moody, RALEIGH – You would think reasonable people could find compromise, especially on a fine, warm winter day, in a city named for a gracious nobleman, a place gracious and noble in its own right. But questions of personal choice – once just that, personal – have flared into an angry showdown between two

President Trump’s feud with the media turned into an all-out war Thursday afternoon. His early presidency beset by damaging leaks and a burst of staff turmoil, Trump used a hastily called press conference to blast the media’s coverage of his administration in his strongest terms yet. He claimed the press is “out of control,” reports

Robert Charles, The sudden departure of General Michael Flynn as National Security Advisor, after less than a month in the job, is all about judgement. The question is not about whether the Logan Act was violated, a dead letter for 200 years, but about whether a bond of trust was violated – with the President

Below is the full text of National Security Adviser Michael Flynn’s resignation letter, as provided by the White House: In the course of my duties as the incoming National Security Advisor, I held numerous phone calls with foreign counterparts, ministers, and ambassadors. These calls were to facilitate a smooth transition and begin to build the

President Trump’s embattled national security adviser Michael Flynn resigned Monday night, Fox News reported. Flynn, in his resignation letter, wrote that he “inadvertently” briefed top officials with incomplete information regarding his call with the Russian ambassador. “I have sincerely apologized to the president and the vice president, and they have accepted my apology,” the letter

Thomas W Carroll, The battle for Senate confirmation of Betsy DeVos as U.S. Secretary of Education has been historic but it was only a preview to the blistering fight over school choice in the months to come. DeVos and her allies at the American Federation for Children have done an amazing job over the years

Lawyers for Minnesota and Washington state told a federal appellate court Monday that it would “unleash chaos” if it lifted an order temporarily halting President Trump’s ban on refugees and travelers from seven predominantly Muslims countries from entering the U.S. The states said in briefs filed with the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of

Kathryn Blackhurst, President previews plans for the rest of 2017, including tax cuts, in pre-Super Bowl interview. President Donald Trump doubled down on his commitment to fulfilling campaign promises because “there’s so much work to be done” to turn the country around during an interview Sunday with Fox News host Bill O’Reilly. O’Reilly noted that

President Trump, in an exclusive interview with Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly, announced he’ll name Vice President Pence to lead a commission investigating voter registration fraud – while also laying out timelines for top domestic priorities like tax cuts and health care, and leaving the door open to scrapping the Iran nuclear deal. The president, in

Aaron Klein, In a blog post for Foreign Policy magazine, Rosa Brooks, a former Obama administration official, outlined four ways to “get rid” of President Trump, including declaring him mentally unfit for command or carrying out a military coup. Brooks is a Schwartz senior fellow at the New America Foundation, which is funded by billionaire